Braes High School

Overview

The inspection team found that Braes High School has “very successfully developed and maintained a strong culture of support and working together with young people.” Consequently, pupils are “highly motivated” and demonstrate “very strong attainment, especially in literacy and numeracy.” The report evaluates the school’s work in learning, teaching and assessment, and raising attainment and achievement as “very good.”

Strengths

• Staff have created a supportive environment where young people are “highly motivated” and enjoy “positive relationships and experiences in school.”
• Learning is enhanced by the “creative and extensive use of digital technology across the school.”
• Pupils benefit from a “very extensive range of activities and programmes which support wider achievement,” with successes “recorded and celebrated by school staff.”
• Young people demonstrate “very strong attainment, especially in literacy and numeracy.”

Areas to improve

• Teachers should “continue to check young people’s understanding of their learning on a day-to-day basis” and use this information to plan learning, teaching and assessment.
• Teachers should “build on existing good practice to ensure they meet the needs of all young people in classes.”

Safeguarding

The report does not contain specific statements regarding safeguarding arrangements or outcomes.